Ferfried Prince of Hohenzollern

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Ferfried Prince of Hohenzollern (2006)
Von Hohenzollern in a race with a BMW 1600 in Brno in May 1969

Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus Prince of Hohenzollern (born April 14, 1943 in Umkirch ) is a former touring car racing driver. He comes from the Swabian line Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen of the House of Hohenzollern .

biography

Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern was born as the youngest son of Friedrich von Hohenzollern and his wife Margarete at Umkirch Castle and was given by Pope Pius XII. baptized. His father called himself "Prince" and was head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1965 ; his mother belonged to the Albertine Wettiner line and was a daughter of the last Saxon king Friedrich August III.

After studying law, von Hohenzollern competed in regular races in Europe from 1966 as a private driver with his own BMW vehicle, which in 1969 led to him being accepted into the BMW works team.

In 1971, as a BMW works driver in a BMW 2002, he was the winner of the second 24-hour race at the Nürburgring . Von Hohenzollern and Gerold Pankl fought a three-way battle with Rüdiger Faltz / Hans-Jürgen Schulte-Oversohl and Karl-Heinz Eisenschenk / Hans-Günther Stoffel in the race.

After 36 years of absence from active racing, he took part in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in 2007 for the private motorsport team Live-Strip.com Racing . A BMW M 3 Compact was used as the racing car .

Von Hohenzollern has lived in Munich since 2010 .

Marriages and children

Maja von Hohenzollern, until 2007 his third wife (2017)

His first marriage was on September 21, 1968 at Sigmaringen Castle, Angela von Morgen (born November 11, 1942 - January 11, 2019), daughter of Ernst von Morgen and his wife Margarethe, née Countess von Görtz . The marriage was divorced in 1973; In 1979 von Morgen married the actor Fritz Wepper for the second time . Two children emerged from the marriage of Hohenzollerns:

  • Valerie-Alexandra Henriette Margarethe (* April 10, 1969) ⚭ 1993 Peter Brenske (* 1955)
  • Stefanie Michaela Sigrid Birgitta (* May 8, 1971) ⚭ 1996 Graf Hieronymus Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (* 1955), ⚭ Martin Haag (* 1960)

His second marriage was on April 7, 1977, Eliane Etter (born May 4, 1947), daughter of Hans Etter and his wife Irmgard, née Zosso. The marriage ended in divorce in 1987. The following two children result from the marriage:

  • Henriette Annabelle Gabriele Adrienne (born March 26, 1978)
  • Moritz Johannes Axel Peter Meinrad (born May 5, 1980)

In 1999 he married Maja Synke Meinert (born October 8, 1971) for the third time. The childless marriage ended in divorce in March 2007.

Media appearances

In 2004, von Hohenzollern, who was third at the time, made his relationship with Tatjana Gsell public through the media. From May 8, 2006, the private broadcaster RTL II broadcast the four-part documentary soap Tatjana & Foffi - Cinderella becomes a princess , where “Foffi” is supposed to mean Ferfried.

On the television channel tv.gusto premium he moderated the show Royal Dinner several times as a co-presenter together with Birte Karalus .

relationship

His great-great-grandfather Karl Anton was the last ruling prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen until 1849. Von Hohenzollern had three brothers and three sisters. His brother Friedrich Wilhelm was head of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen house until 2010 ; his nephew Karl Friedrich von Hohenzollern has been the head of the family ever since. Von Hohenzollern's brother Johann Georg married Birgitta von Sweden . Von Hohenzollern made his nephew Leopold von Bayern , who was hardly younger, also interested in professional racing.

statistics

Race results

1968

  • March 24, 1968, 4 h Monza (Div. 2 + 3), Porsche 911, second place
  • April 25, 1968, 1000 km Monza, Porsche 911 T, DNF
  • June 16, 1968, Hockenheim Grand Touring, Porsche 911 T, first place
  • June 23, 1968, German automobile circuit championship Mainz-Finthen, Porsche 911 T, first place
  • July 7, 1968, 6 h Nürburgring, Porsche 911, DNF
  • July 21, 1968, Solitude race Hockenheim (GT + TS), Porsche 911 T, first place
  • August 18, 1968, Grand Prix Brno (Czechoslovakia), Porsche 911, third place
  • September 8, 1968, German automobile circuit championship Ulm-Laupheim, Porsche 911 T, third place
  • December 1, 1968, Hockenheim Finale, Porsche 911 T

1969

  • April 13, 1969, ETCC Aspern (Div. 1 + 2), BMW 1600
  • April 20, 1969, 1 hour Belgrade (Div. 2 + 3), BMW 1600, 7th place
  • April 25, 1969, 1000 km Monza, Porsche 911 T, DNF
  • May 4, 1969, Targa Florio, Porsche 911 T, 48th place
  • May 4th 1969, Targa Florio, Porsche 911 S, T-Car
  • May 11, 1969, 2 h Budapest, BMW 1600
  • May 25, 1969, GP Brno, BMW 1600, third place
  • May 25th 1969, GP Brno, BMW 1600
  • June 1, 1969, 1000 km Nürburgring, Porsche 911 T, DNF
  • 22nd June 1969, 6h Brands Hatch, BMW 1600, DNS
  • July 6, 1969, 6 h Nürburgring, BMW 1600, 4th place
  • July 27, 1969, 24 h Spa, BMW 1600, DNA
  • July 27, 1969, 24 h Spa, BMW 1600, DNF
  • August 10, 1969, 1000 km Zeltweg, Porsche 910, 14th place
  • August 31, 1969, ETCC Zandvoort (Div. 2), BMW 1600, 4th place
  • September 28, 1969, 3 h Jarama, BMW 1600, 5th place
  • October 12, 1969, 1000 km Paris, Porsche 910, 7th place
  • October 19, 1969, Hessenpreis Hockenheim (GT + 1.6), Porsche 911 T, 7th place
  • 1969, European Touring Car Championship Division 2, BMW 1600, third place

1970

  • March 15, 1970, 4 h Monza (Div. 2 + 3), BMW 1600, DNF
  • May 24th 1970, GP Brno, BMW 1602, DNF
  • June 14, 1970, DARM Hockenheim (GT + 1.3), Porsche, DNA
  • July 5, 1970, Hockenheim (GT + 1.6 / T + 2.0), Porsche 911 T, 12th place
  • July 12th 1970, GP Nürburgring, BMW 1602, DNF
  • July 26, 1970, 24 h Spa, BMW 1600, DNF
  • September 27, 1970, 4 h Jarama, BMW 1600, DNF
  • October 11, 1970, 1000 km Zeltweg, Porsche 914, 12th place

1971

  • March 14, 1971, 4 h Monza, BMW 2002, 6th place
  • April 11, 1971, ETCC Salzburgring (Div.2), BMW 2002, DNF
  • May 16, 1971, Targa Florio, Porsche 914, 13th place
  • May 30th 1971, 1000 km Nürburgring, Porsche 908/02, DNS
  • June 27, 1971, 24h Nürburgring (Nordschleife), BMW 2002, first place
  • July 25, 1971, 24 h Spa, BMW 2002, DNA
  • September 11, 1971, 12 noon Paul Ricard, BMW 2002, DNF

2007

  • June 10, 2007, 24h Nürburgring, BMW M3 Compact

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
1968 Ferfried von Hohenzollern Porsche 911 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY BelgiumBelgium SPA United StatesUnited States WAT AustriaAustria ZEL FranceFrance LEM
DNF
1969 Hans-Dieter Weigel
Hans-Dieter Blatzheim 		Porsche 911
Porsche 910 		United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM United StatesUnited States WAT AustriaAustria ZEL
48 DNF 14th
1970 Straehle KG Porsche 914 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM United StatesUnited States WAT AustriaAustria ZEL
12

Publications

  • with Moritz Prinz von Hohenzollern: Chili Royal. The cookbook of two princes. Pichler, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85431-462-2 .
  • with Moritz Prinz von Hohenzollern: The kitchen of the princes. Refined for gourmets. Avantgarde Edition in Verlagsgruppe Styria, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-99011-005-8 .

See also

ancestors

Pedigree of Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern
Great grandparents

Leopold von Hohenzollern
(1835–1905)
⚭ 1861
Antonia Maria of Portugal
(1845–1913)

Ludwig of Naples and Sicily
(1838–1886)
⚭ 1861
Mathilde in Bavaria
(1843–1925)

 George of Saxony
(1832–1904)

⚭ 1859
Maria Anna of Portugal
(1843–1884)
Ferdinand IV of Austria-Tuscany
(1835–1908)

⚭ 1868
Alicia of Bourbon-Parma
(1849–1935)
Grandparents

Wilhelm von Hohenzollern
(1864–1927)
⚭ 1889
Maria Theresa of Bourbon-Sicily
(1867–1909)

Friedrich August III. von Sachsen
(1865–1932)
⚭ 1891
Luise of Austria-Tuscany
(1870–1947)

parents

Friedrich von Hohenzollern
(1891–1965)
⚭
Margarete von Sachsen
(1900–1962)

Ferfried Prince of Hohenzollern (* 1943)

Web links

Commons : Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Strange Prince. In: welt.de. Axel Springer SE, December 28, 2006, archived from the original on April 5, 2017 ; accessed on December 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ automobilsport.com about the race on the Nürburgring 2007. Accessed on December 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Royal Highness at the Steering Wheel , Braunschweiger Zeitung of June 22, 2009. Accessed on December 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Ferfried von Hohenzollern Driver Database. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  5. ^ BMW successes at the Nürburgring ( Memento from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed on December 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ Racing results from Ferfried von Hohenzollern racingsportscars.com. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hohenzollern, Ferfried Prince of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohenzollern, Ferfried Maximilian Pius Meinrad Maria Hubert Michael Justinus Prince of (full name); Foffi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and touring car racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Umkirch Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau